Help:Namespaces

Pages on a MediaWiki wiki are grouped into collections called "namespaces", which differentiate between the purpose of the pages at a high level. Pages in certain namespaces can also have special properties or behave differently when they interact with other pages. Page titles are formatted as Namespace:Title (this page is Help:Namespaces for example). If there is no Namespace in the title, this means the article is in the Main Namespace.

Use the magic word {{NAMESPACE}} to include the Namespace name in an article.

Media [-2]

Special [-1]

All special pages are in this Namespace. It is not possible to edit pages in this Namespace.

(Main) [0]

Most of the pages land here. No Namespace prefix is shown on page titles.

User [2]

For personal notes. Each User has a corresponding user page for their own information (if you already have a Member page, please redirect your userpage there). Users can create subpages, by using a / after their name.

WikiTemp [4]

Information about this wiki; i.e. policies that apply here.

File [6]

This is where all Images and Files go. You can add new files by clicking Upload File in the toolbox on the left. (See: Help:Managing files). This Namespace has the alias Image.

MediaWiki [8]

Contains System Messages and other important content. Can only be edited by Sysops.

Template [10]

Holds all Templates of the Wiki. If no Namespace is specified when using Transclusion, the Template Namespace is used.